CASANOVA

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• CASANOVA (noun)
  The noun CASANOVA has 2 senses:

1. an Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)

2. any man noted for his amorous adventures

  Familiarity information: CASANOVA used as a noun is rare.

• CASANOVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An Italian adventurer who wrote vivid accounts of his sexual encounters (1725-1798)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Casanova; Casanova de Seingalt; Giovanni Jacopo Casanova; Giovanni Jacopo Casanova de Seingalt

Instance hypernyms:

adventurer; venturer (a person who enjoys taking risks)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any man noted for his amorous adventures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Casanova" is a kind of...):

philanderer; womaniser; womanizer (a man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them)